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What's one thing HANCOCK NORTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANCOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280174000281
Hancock North Central School
6122 Cuevas Town Road, Kiln, MS 39556 · (228) 255-7641 · Hancock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
282 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hancock North Central School→Hancock Middle School
Based on grade levels within Hancock School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
72.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.6% | 72.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.9% | 77.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hancock North Central School
Hancock North Central School's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock North Central School this school | 404 | 69.8% | 76.5% |
| Hills Chapel School Booneville | 398 | 68.1% | 67.2% |
| Burnsville Elementary School Burnsville | 410 | 74.4% | 42.8% |
| West Hancock Elementary Picayune | 349 | 75.1% | 72.6% |
| Poplarville Upper Elementary POPLARVILLE | 432 | 64.1% | 66.1% |
| Saucier Elementary SAUCIER | 325 | 68.6% | 76.0% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hancock North Central School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hancock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #39 of 428 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #62 of 439 ▼ 15 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #77 of 439 ▼ 1 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #219 of 453 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #121 of 408 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #369 of 409 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #323 of 444 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #188 of 296 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
404
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 815
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 70% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 30.7 | 13.6:1 | 56% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 31.2 | 12.8:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 99% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 28.5 | 15.9:1 | 72% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 77% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 70% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 39 | 19.1:1 | 59% (439) |
| 1990-91 | 815 | 36 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hancock North Central School.
About Hancock North Central School
Hancock North Central School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Kiln, Mississippi. Total enrollment is 404 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
A total of 6 schools make up Hancock School District, with 3,934 students enrolled.
At Hancock North Central School, 94% of students are White. The school is also 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 84% White share among all Hancock County residents. The diversity index for Hancock North Central School is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 29 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi, 15.9:1, is higher. Roughly 70% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Hancock North Central School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hancock North Central School ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi schools. It scores 76.5%; the prediction is 59.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hancock County show that the median household earns about $67,708 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Hancock County has 11 public schools with about 5,598 students, including Hancock North Central School.
Among nearby public schools, West Hancock Elementary is closest at about 4.1 miles. There are 4 more public schools inside ten miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hancock North Central School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Hancock North Central School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (395) and 2024-25 (404).
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Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,167
Census ACS
Median income
$67,708
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hancock School District
- Hancock High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Hancock Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- East Hancock Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- South Hancock Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- West Hancock ElementaryElementary · 349 students
- HANCOCK COUNTY CAREER TECHNICAL CENHigh
Other schools in Kiln
- Hancock High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Hancock Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- East Hancock Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- HANCOCK COUNTY CAREER TECHNICAL CENHigh
Nearby schools
- West Hancock Elementary4.1 mi · 349
- East Hancock Elementary School7.1 mi · 633
- Hancock Middle School8.8 mi · 884
- Hancock High School8.9 mi · 1,184
- Lizana Elementary12.2 mi · 393
- DeLisle Elementary School13.4 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Hancock North Central SchoolHow large is Hancock North Central School?
Hancock North Central School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hancock North Central School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hancock North Central School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hancock North Central School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hancock North Central School is approximately 13.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hancock North Central School?
Hancock North Central School reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hancock North Central School in?
Hancock North Central School is part of Hancock School District.
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